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==Investigation by [[Reece Committee]]==
==Investigation by [[Reece Committee]]==
During the 82nd Congress, the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations, known as the [[Cox Committee]] under the leadership of [[Georgia]] Democrat Edward E. Cox, failed to sufficiently conduct its job of thoroughly examining tax-exempt foundations.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics>FascinatingPolitics (December 22, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/12/22/the-reece-committee-on-foundations-conspiratorial-nonsense-or-an-expose-of-a-threat-to-the-nation/comment-page-1/ The Reece Committee on Foundations: Conspiratorial Nonsense or an Expose of a Threat to the Nation?]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 24, 2021.</ref> Among the complaints made by committee member [[B. Carroll Reece]] was that it did not investigate the Ford Foundation.
During the 82nd Congress, the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations, known as the [[Cox Committee]] under the leadership of [[Georgia]] Democrat [[Edward E. Cox]], failed to sufficiently conduct its job of thoroughly examining tax-exempt foundations.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics>FascinatingPolitics (December 22, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/12/22/the-reece-committee-on-foundations-conspiratorial-nonsense-or-an-expose-of-a-threat-to-the-nation/comment-page-1/ The Reece Committee on Foundations: Conspiratorial Nonsense or an Expose of a Threat to the Nation?]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 24, 2021.</ref> Among the complaints made by committee member [[B. Carroll Reece]] was that it did not investigate the Ford Foundation.
Cox died in office, and Reece was the only remaining committee member who sought a re-enactment to fully accomplish the task. The 83rd Congress in 1953 re-enacted the select committee at his urging, and he became the chair; it was thus known as the '''Reece Committee'''.
Cox died in office, and Reece was the only remaining committee member who sought a re-enactment to fully accomplish the task. The 83rd Congress in 1953 re-enacted the select committee at his urging, and he became the chair; it was thus known as the '''Reece Committee'''.